Health Services Accessibility
"Health Services Accessibility" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.
| Descriptor ID |
D006297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.350 N05.300.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Services Accessibility- Health Services Accessibility
- Availability of Health Services
- Health Services Availability
- Accessibility, Health Services
- Access to Health Care
- Accessibility of Health Services
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Services Accessibility" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2020 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Access to and acceptability of sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction and other essential health services among people who inject drugs in Durban, South Africa. Harm Reduct J. 2024 06 26; 21(1):123.
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Factors affecting antenatal care attendance in Soweto, Johannesburg: The three-delay model. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Jun 14; 16(1):e1-e9.
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Geospatial disparities in survival of patients with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa from the African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes cohort (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jul; 12(7):e1111-e1119.
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Experiences of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among heterosexual men accessing sexual and reproductive health services in South Africa: a qualitative study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 May; 27(5):e26249.
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Socio-Behavioural Barriers to Viral Suppression in the Older Adult Population in Rural South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jul; 28(7):2307-2313.
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The demand for private telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries: Evidence from South Africa. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Aug; 354:116570.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Access and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 Jan; 76(1):81-87.
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Qualitative exploration of the constraints on mothers' and pregnant women's ability to turn available services into nutrition benefits in a low-resource urban setting, South Africa. BMJ Open. 2023 11 22; 13(11):e073716.
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Prior exposure to antiretroviral therapy among adult patients presenting for HIV treatment initiation or reinitiation in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023 11 19; 13(11):e071283.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's contraceptive use: a mixed-methods study in South Africa and Zambia. Gates Open Res. 2023; 7:61.